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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27495 
  and 
  27496— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27495. 
  Mangipera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

   Mazagon. 
  See 
  No. 
  7042 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  27496. 
  Citrus 
  decumana 
  (L.) 
  Murr. 
  Pomelo. 
  

   Seedless 
  white 
  variety. 
  

  

  27497. 
  JlJNIPERUS 
  PACHYPHLOEA 
  ToiT. 
  

  

  Collected 
  in 
  the 
  Alamo 
  National 
  Forest, 
  New 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  

   Raphael 
  Zon, 
  chief 
  of 
  silvics, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Forest 
  Service, 
  April 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  24621 
  and 
  24624 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  27498 
  to 
  27501. 
  Glycine 
  hispida 
  (Moench) 
  Maxim. 
  Soy 
  bean. 
  

  

  Grown 
  at 
  Arlington 
  Experimental 
  Farm, 
  Virginia, 
  season 
  of 
  1909. 
  Numbered 
  

   for 
  convenience 
  in 
  recording 
  distribution, 
  April 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following. 
  Notes 
  by 
  Prof. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper: 
  

  

  27498. 
  "Chromium 
  green; 
  late. 
  Grown 
  under 
  temporary 
  number 
  0867, 
  

   from 
  seed 
  found 
  in 
  cowpea 
  No. 
  23307, 
  from 
  Peking, 
  China." 
  

  

  27499. 
  "Straw 
  yellow; 
  very 
  late. 
  Grown 
  under 
  temporary 
  number 
  0869, 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Williams, 
  Ingang, 
  Fukien, 
  China." 
  

  

  27500. 
  "Straw 
  yellow; 
  very 
  late. 
  Grown 
  under 
  temporary 
  number 
  0888, 
  

   from 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  M. 
  W. 
  Farnham, 
  Shanghai, 
  China." 
  

  

  27501. 
  "Olive 
  yellow; 
  very 
  late. 
  Grown 
  under 
  temporary 
  number 
  0889, 
  

   from 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  M. 
  W. 
  Farnham, 
  Shanghai, 
  China." 
  

  

  27502 
  to 
  27504. 
  Vigna 
  unguiculata 
  (L.) 
  Walp. 
  Cowpea. 
  

  

  From 
  Coimbra, 
  Portugal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  

   Received 
  April 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27502. 
  Small 
  black 
  seeded 
  27504. 
  Blackeye. 
  

  

  27503. 
  Small 
  tan 
  seeded. 
  

  

  27505. 
  Juniperus 
  procera 
  Hochst. 
  East 
  African 
  cedar. 
  

  

  From 
  British 
  East 
  Africa. 
  Procured 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Raphael 
  Zon, 
  chief 
  of 
  silvics, 
  

   Forest 
  Service, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  Received 
  April 
  8, 
  1910. 
  

   "East 
  African 
  cedar 
  occurs 
  abundantly 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  drier 
  forests 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  of 
  

   British 
  East 
  Africa 
  at 
  altitudes 
  of 
  from 
  7,000 
  to 
  11,000 
  feet, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  extend- 
  

   ing 
  as 
  scattered 
  specimens 
  as 
  low 
  as 
  5,500 
  feet. 
  It 
  occurs 
  mainly 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  slopes 
  

   of 
  the 
  mountains, 
  in 
  what 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Kenia 
  Forest, 
  but 
  is 
  entirely 
  absent 
  from 
  

   the 
  wet 
  southeastern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  mountains. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  attain 
  larger 
  dimensions 
  

   than 
  any 
  other 
  juniper 
  and 
  often 
  has 
  a 
  tall, 
  straight, 
  mastlike 
  trunk. 
  The 
  largest 
  

   specimen 
  on 
  record 
  is 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  approximately 
  9,850 
  feet, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  mean 
  diam- 
  

   eter 
  of 
  12 
  feet 
  4 
  inches 
  and 
  contains 
  about 
  1,546 
  cubic 
  feet 
  of 
  timber, 
  of 
  which 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  about 
  one-third 
  is 
  unsound. 
  The 
  tree 
  has 
  a 
  serviceable 
  bole 
  of 
  65 
  feet 
  and 
  a 
  

   total 
  height 
  of 
  about 
  110 
  feet. 
  The 
  trunk 
  forks 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  ground, 
  very 
  

   likely 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  fire. 
  The 
  wood 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  value 
  and 
  is 
  scarcely 
  distinguishable 
  

   from 
  the 
  typical 
  cedar 
  of 
  the 
  familiar 
  lead 
  pencil. 
  It 
  is 
  wonderfully 
  durable 
  in 
  con- 
  

   tact 
  with 
  the 
  soil, 
  and 
  old 
  trunks 
  of 
  great 
  age 
  in 
  all 
  stages 
  of 
  slow 
  decay 
  are 
  found 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  forest. 
  Unfortunately, 
  standing 
  trees 
  are 
  very 
  liable 
  to 
  decay, 
  which 
  

   detracts 
  considerably 
  from 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  tree. 
  

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